PHILLY.COM / AP: The latest alumni election for three seats on Penn State’s Board of Trustees has drawn more than three dozen candidates, less than half the record 86-person slate on last year’s ballot…
A handful of choices had been the norm before increased alumni scrutiny of trustees’ handling of football coach Joe Paterno’s firing in November 2011 and other actions in the aftermath of retired defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky’s arrest on child sex abuse charges…
Reforming the board and governance was the top priority for several candidates in attendance at Thursday’s drawing. The vocal alumni watchdog group Penn Staters for Responsible Stewardship said in a statement that 31 candidates this year have sought one of the group’s three endorsements… (more)
